Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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Andrew Burton-Jones

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Background

Andrew is Professor of Business Information Systems in UQ Business School, where is also co-lead of the Future of Health Research Hub (https://business.uq.edu.au/research/research-hubs/future-health) and Chair of the Education Steering Committee of the Queensland Digital Health Centre (https://chsr.centre.uq.edu.au/research/queensland-digital-health-centre). He helped found the UQ's Graduate Certificate in Clinical Informatics and Digital Health (https://medicine.uq.edu.au/gccidh).

Andrew graduated from UQ’s Commerce program in 1998 and worked for several years in IT risk management for one of the Big-4 accounting/consulting firms. He then moved to Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA, to complete his Ph.D., followed by seven years at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he became a tenured Associate Professor. He returned to UQ as Professor in May 2012.

Andrew has taught information systems in undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs, in several counties. He has extensive experience teaching IT governance and control, systems analysis and design, and digital health. He undertakes research in three areas. His first area focuses on how effectively organisations use IT. For example, he has been studying the effective use of electronic health records in health authorities. His second research area focused on improving methods to analyse and design IT systems. For example, he has examined ways to improve the specification of user requirements. His third research stream focuses on improving theories and methods used by researchers in the Information Systems discipline.

He has published in and served on the editorial boards of many journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Information and Organization, and Academy of Management Discoveries. He has also served as Representative for the Americas for the Association of Information Systems and as International Representative for the Academy of Management (OCIS/CTO Division). He is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia, served as Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly (2021-2023), and is the current President of the Association for Information Systems (2024-2025).

Availability

Professor Andrew Burton-Jones is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Commerce, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia State University

Research impacts

My research is intended to help organisations to analyse, design, use, and govern their information systems more effectively, and to evaluate the impact of their information systems investments. Much of my work is situated in healthcare contexts, where I seek to help health services and their many stakeholders to engage effectively in the digital transformation of healthcare. For example, I have conducted extensive work evaluating the implementation of electronic medical records in Queensland hospitals and provided insights for how these systems can be improved and how such evaluations can also be conducted more effectively.

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2018

Conference Publication

Beyond effective use: A journey to understand inconsistencies in use

Eden, Rebekah and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2018). Beyond effective use: A journey to understand inconsistencies in use. International Conference on Information Systems 2018, ICIS 2018, San Francisco, CA United States, 13-16 December 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.

Beyond effective use: A journey to understand inconsistencies in use

2018

Conference Publication

Unpacking the Complexity of Consistency: Insights from a Grounded Theory Study of the Effective Use of Electronic Medical Records

Eden, Rebekah, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Spee, Paul, Staib, Andrew, Sullivan, Clair and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2018). Unpacking the Complexity of Consistency: Insights from a Grounded Theory Study of the Effective Use of Electronic Medical Records. 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, United States, 3-6 January 2018. Hawaii, United States: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. doi: 10.24251/hicss.2018.381

Unpacking the Complexity of Consistency: Insights from a Grounded Theory Study of the Effective Use of Electronic Medical Records

2018

Conference Publication

“Against method” and “Anything goes”? A critical discussion based on the “strange ideas from Paul Feyerabend on whether epistemological anarchy can benefit is research

Treiblmaier, Horst, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Gregor, Shirley, Hirschheim, Rudy, Myers, Michael and Stafford, Tom (2018). “Against method” and “Anything goes”? A critical discussion based on the “strange ideas from Paul Feyerabend on whether epistemological anarchy can benefit is research. 39th International Conference on Information Systems 2018, ICIS 2018, San Francisco, CA United States, 13-16 December 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.

“Against method” and “Anything goes”? A critical discussion based on the “strange ideas from Paul Feyerabend on whether epistemological anarchy can benefit is research

2018

Conference Publication

The dynamics of organizational culture: the case of culture work in a digital hospital

Eden, Rebekah and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2018). The dynamics of organizational culture: the case of culture work in a digital hospital. International Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, California, 13-16 December 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.

The dynamics of organizational culture: the case of culture work in a digital hospital

2018

Journal Article

Digital transformation requires workforce transformation

Eden, Rebekah, Jones, Andrew Burton, Casey, Veronica and Draheim, Michael (2018). Digital transformation requires workforce transformation. MIS Quarterly Executive, 18 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.17705/2msqe.00005

Digital transformation requires workforce transformation

2017

Journal Article

Uniting emergency and inpatient clinicians across the ED-inpatient interface: The last frontier?

Staib, Andrew, Sullivan, Clair, Prins, Johannes B., Burton-Jones, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Gerry and Scott, Ian (2017). Uniting emergency and inpatient clinicians across the ED-inpatient interface: The last frontier?. Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA, 29 (6), 740-745. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12883

Uniting emergency and inpatient clinicians across the ED-inpatient interface: The last frontier?

2017

Journal Article

Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Recker, Jan, Indulska, Marta, Green, Peter and Weber, Ron (2017). Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure. MIS Quarterly, 41 (4), 1307-+. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2017/41.4.13

Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure

2017

Journal Article

Improving the representation of roles in conceptual modeling: theory, method, and evidence

Bera, Palash, Burton-Jones, Andrew and Wand, Yair (2017). Improving the representation of roles in conceptual modeling: theory, method, and evidence. Requirements Engineering , 23 (4), 1-27. doi: 10.1007/s00766-017-0275-9

Improving the representation of roles in conceptual modeling: theory, method, and evidence

2017

Journal Article

Thinking about measures and measurement in positivist research: a proposal for refocusing on fundamentals

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Lee, Allen S. (2017). Thinking about measures and measurement in positivist research: a proposal for refocusing on fundamentals. Information Systems Research, 28 (3), 451-467. doi: 10.1287/isre.2017.0704

Thinking about measures and measurement in positivist research: a proposal for refocusing on fundamentals

2017

Journal Article

How can we develop contextualized theories of effective use? A demonstration in the context of community-care electronic health records

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Volkoff, Olga (2017). How can we develop contextualized theories of effective use? A demonstration in the context of community-care electronic health records. Information Systems Research, 28 (3), 468-489. doi: 10.1287/isre.2017.0702

How can we develop contextualized theories of effective use? A demonstration in the context of community-care electronic health records

2017

Journal Article

Special issue on ontological analysis in conceptual modeling, part 1

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Green, Peter, Parsons, Jeffrey and Siau, Keng (2017). Special issue on ontological analysis in conceptual modeling, part 1. Journal of Database Management, 28 (1), vii-x.

Special issue on ontological analysis in conceptual modeling, part 1

2017

Book Chapter

IT use: notes from a journey from use to effective use

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Bremhorst, Mark, Liu, Fang and Trieu, Van Hau (2017). IT use: notes from a journey from use to effective use. The Routledge companion to management information systems. (pp. 152-165) edited by Robert Galliers and Mari-Klara Stein. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315619361.ch11

IT use: notes from a journey from use to effective use

2016

Journal Article

Guest editorial

Teo, Thompson S. H., Burton-Jones, Andrew and Kankanhalli, Atreyi (2016). Guest editorial. Information and Management, 53 (7), 833-834. doi: 10.1016/j.im.2016.06.011

Guest editorial

2016

Journal Article

On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: the need for a dual perspective

Clarke, Roger, Burton-Jones, Andrew and Weber, Ron (2016). On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: the need for a dual perspective. Information Systems Research, 27 (2), 365-382. doi: 10.1287/isre.2016.0631

On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: the need for a dual perspective

2015

Conference Publication

PACIS 2015 proceedings

Kankanhalli, Atreyi, Jones, Andrew Burton and Teo, Thompson (2015). PACIS 2015 proceedings. 19th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2015, Singapore, 5 - 9 July 2015. Atlanta, United States: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems.

PACIS 2015 proceedings

2015

Journal Article

Theoretical perspectives in IS research: from variance and process to conceptual latitude and conceptual fit

Burton-Jones, Andrew, McLean, Ephraim R. and Monod, Emmanuel (2015). Theoretical perspectives in IS research: from variance and process to conceptual latitude and conceptual fit. European Journal of Information Systems, 24 (6), 664-679. doi: 10.1057/ejis.2014.31

Theoretical perspectives in IS research: from variance and process to conceptual latitude and conceptual fit

2014

Journal Article

How semantics and pragmatics interact in understanding conceptual models

Bera, Palash, Burton-Jones, Andrew and Wand, Yair (2014). How semantics and pragmatics interact in understanding conceptual models. Information Systems Research, 25 (2), 401-419. doi: 10.1287/isre.2014.0515

How semantics and pragmatics interact in understanding conceptual models

2014

Journal Article

What have we learned from the Smart Machine?

Burton-Jones, Andrew (2014). What have we learned from the Smart Machine?. Information and Organization, 24 (2), 71-105. doi: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2014.03.001

What have we learned from the Smart Machine?

2014

Journal Article

Information systems success research: the "Twenty Year Update?" panel report from PACIS, 2011

Tate, Mary, Sedera, Darshana, McLean, Ephraim and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2014). Information systems success research: the "Twenty Year Update?" panel report from PACIS, 2011. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34 (64) 63, 1235-1246. doi: 10.17705/1cais.03463

Information systems success research: the "Twenty Year Update?" panel report from PACIS, 2011

2014

Book Chapter

Building conceptual modeling on the foundation of ontology

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Weber, Ron (2014). Building conceptual modeling on the foundation of ontology. Computing handbook: information systems and information technology. (pp. 15.1-15.24) edited by Heikki Topi and Allen Tucker. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b16768

Building conceptual modeling on the foundation of ontology

Current funding

  • 2021 - 2027
    UQ-QH HDR Alliance Program
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Digital public health to transform obesity prevention in Queensland
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    SMART Project - Towards Systematic Maturation of Analytics and System Redesign to Transform (SMART) Healthcare and Public Health Research
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Digital Hospital Evaluation
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Enhanced data extraction and modelling from electronic medical records and phenotyping for clinical care, and research: Case studies in management of medication stewardship
    Digital Health CRC
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Bringing Digital Excellence to Clinical Excellence: Leading Digital Excellence in Queensland Health
    Digital Health CRC
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2024
    Unlocking Benefits from Digital Investments through Meaningful Use
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Understanding and Improving the Effective Use of Electronic Medical Records
    UQ Development Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Using electronic medical record systems effectively and aligning to a Digital Healthcare vision (ieMR Assessment Program)
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Electronic Medical Records and a Digital Healthcare Vision: Benefits Evaluation
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Evidence-based approach to evaluating strategic transformation.
    Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Learning how to reconfigure the governance of multi-site electronic medical record projects to achieve planned and emergent benefits
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations (ARC Discovery Project administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    A New Paradigm for Understanding and Improving the Effective Use of Information Systems in Organisations
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Clarifying Domain Semantics Through Improved Conceptual Modelling
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Clarifying Domain Semantics Through Improved Conceptual Modelling (ARC Discovery Grant Administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant

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